Gymnastics

1.4 Gymnastics

Modern world of sports knows many kinds of gymnastics. One of them, rhythmic gymnastics_____GROW_____out of modern gymnastics and the Swedish system of free exercise in the 19th century.

It was called ‘aesthetic gymnastics’ as the students____CAN____express feelings and emotions through body movement. It combined elements of ballet, gymnastics, and theatrical dance.

Young____WOMAN____exercised to music, moving from simple calisthenics to more energetic activities. A growing number of men are participating in this kind of sport now.

In the 1880s in Switzerland various exercises to music were created. They were designed to give grace of movement, and a much____GOOD___pose.

A degree of difficulty for each movement____DEVELOP___by the European Sport Association after the World War I. So all the elements were graded accordingly.

In 1906 rhythmic gymnastics was introduced to North America, but the sport___NOT GAIN___much popularity.

Ten European countries___TAKE___part in the first world championship, held in 1973 in Budapest, Hungary. The United States did not begin competing in the biennial world championship until 19

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